Thread: Paddle shift for 6 speed SDV6 D4

Hi

You can retrofit paddle shifts on any Discovery 4/LR4 fitted with the 6-speed transmission and any of the following engines:
-3.0L SDV6
-3.0L TDV6
-Petrol engines

It requires a special modified transmission firmware only available from us via the fast lane service (25 GBP). Land Rover never intended to fit flappy paddles on vehicles with these engines and transmission combinations which is why we had to modify the firmwares to enable the feature. Available for all IIDTool versions.

The 2.7L TDV6 equipped vehicles cannot have them retrofitted.

Cheers

I fitted to my 3.0 an external version of flappy paddles using a wireless remote stuck to the side of the steering wheel to operate relays to cause the up-shift or down-shift gearbox signal wires running from the shift selector to the TCM in the gearbox to be grounded. The relays fed trigger signals to a microprocessor to do the grounding to ensure that maximum "on" times weren't exceeded and to prevent switch bounce or multiple requests within too short a time, features normally provided by the gear selector module that if allowed to occur caused all manual control (S/M, +/-) from the gear lever to become unavailable until a restart. The TCM s/w was unmodified so might have also worked with 2.7.

Originally Posted by Graeme

I fitted to my 3.0 an external version of flappy paddles using a wireless remote stuck to the side of the steering wheel to operate relays to cause the up-shift or down-shift gearbox signal wires running from the shift selector to the TCM in the gearbox to be grounded. The relays fed trigger signals to a microprocessor to do the grounding to ensure that maximum "on" times weren't exceeded and to prevent switch bounce or multiple requests within too short a time, features normally provided by the gear selector module that if allowed to occur caused all manual control (S/M, +/-) from the gear lever to become unavailable until a restart. The TCM s/w was unmodified so might have also worked with 2.7.

And I use it almost on a daily basis so as to not be doing almost 2000 rpm at 50km/h - it is great being able to tell it to up-shift without having to drive in sports/full manual mode.

Originally Posted by Babs

Sorry to bust ya thread but this raises a question for me.

....I hate the bloody thing, always touching it by accident, ....

I stand to be corrected

Cheers, Babs Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

Babs, not sure if it is the same on the Disco but on the RRS you can lock out the paddles when not in sport mode. If so, it might save you some frustration.

Originally Posted by SBD4

Babs, not sure if it is the same on the Disco but on the RRS you can lock out the paddles when not in sport mode. If so, it might save you some frustration.

Whoah that's music to my ears do you know how this is done?

I'd love to lock them out. Cheers.

Cheers, Babs Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

Originally Posted by Babs

Whoah that's music to my ears do you know how this is done?

I'd love to lock them out. Cheers.

Cheers, Babs Sent from my iPhone using Forum Runner

Check under the "Vehicle Setup" menu. If it's available it will be somewhere under that.

To access the main menu in the Instrument panel

1. Press the <OK> button on the steering wheel control.
2. Use the direction controls to move through the menu and subsequent options.
3. Press <OK> to confirm your selections.

I did email GAP and got the same reply as above. I now have to purchase an IID Tool and my next question is what is the best way to get hold of the flappy paddles. Which models will fit. I presume a L320 RRS or should I be looking at 2013 on Discovery 4s?

Originally Posted by SBD4

Check under the "Vehicle Setup" menu. If it's available it will be somewhere under that. To access the main menu in the Instrument panel[*]Press the <OK> button on the steering wheel control.[*]Use the direction controls to move through the menu and subsequent options.[*]Press <OK> to confirm your selections.

I have already tried that with no success unfortunately

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